Prom 11: The Trojans – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonLess than two weeks after its Covent Garden run, the Royal Opera brought Berlioz's vast epic The Trojans to the Proms, leaving the mixed visuals of David McVicar's production behind. Stripped back to essentials, the result inevitably concentrated attention on the qualities of the musical performance itself.After six performances in the opera house, these have in some respects risen a notch. Antonio Pappano may lack Colin Davis's sheer bar-by-bar identification with Berli...

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